Non-refillable bottle.



L. ROSE. NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED $213.12, 1914.

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wlTNEssEs ATTORNEY rHE NoRRls PEYERS tn.. PHOro-LlTHo...wAsH/NOTON. D. C

i, UNITED STATES PATENT oEEioE;g

1f' LEONARD ROSE, or NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

NoN'-REEILLAELE BOTTLE.

T0 all whom it may concern: y y

Be it known that I, LEONARD ROSE, a subject'of the King of Great Britain, 'residing at"`New Orleans, in the parish of'Orleans and State of Louisiana, haveinvented a new "1 and useful Non-Reiillable Bottle, of' which the following is a specification.

This invention relates toin'iproveinents iny non-rellable bottles. y l l The object of the present invention` is to improve theV construction of non-relillable bottles and to provide a simple, inexpensive,`

and practical device,fadapted to be readily applied to bottles or analogous receptacles and capable of effectually*preventing a bot` tle from being relilled,whereby`the liability of fraudulent refilling with animitation liquid is eliminated. i y 4 i t y lllith' these and other obgects in view the invention consists inthe construction `and novel combination of 'parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the .accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claims heretoy appended, it beingiinderstood that various changes in the form, proportion,

size and minor details of construction, ywithin the scope of the claims, may be resorted to without departingfrom the spirit or sacriiicing any of the advantages of the invention. c. ln the drawing: Figure l isa vertical sectional view of a portion of anonsreli'llable bottle constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the valve casing. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the resilient locking ring. y Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures. of the drawing. y

ln the accompanying drawing, in which is illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention, l designates a bottleiprovided kwith a neck 2 having the walls of its lower `a valve casing 5 which is tapered to corref spond with the taper of the bottle.

The valve casing is provided with walls of uniform thickness and' it has a downwardly tapered valve chamber 6 for the reception of an inverted conical valve 7. The inverted conical valve, which is of a thickness to prevent it from getting crosswise within the yvalve casing, ris adapted to seat itself against the inclined walls ofthe valve cas-` Specicatkon of Letters Patent.` v y lPatented No 3, 1914. I i Application filed February 12, 1914.-` Serial No. 818,390.` l

ing, and an ellicient seating of the valve is n thereby effected. Also the valve 7, when closed, depends from the valve casing and yextends a considerable distance into the body portion of the bottle, and it is necessary to invert'or turn thebottlebelow a horizontal positionin ordertounseat the valve; This construction will thereby pre-- yventl any liquid from beinginterposed into the bottle when the latter is in an upright position, and any attempt to force a liquid `l iinto the bottle when the latteris` in an in- Averted'position*will operate to seat the valve land close the neck of the bottle.

The taperedpa'cking sleeve, lerably constructed of cork, provides a liquid-tight lit for ythe valve casing and is adapted to prevent any liquid' from leaking which is pref-` yout ofthe bottle or into the same around the `eXteri'orof the valve casing,van'd the bottle is further protected by ya horizontalfpacking ring S constructed of cork or other suitable material and provided with an opening corresponding in diameter to the diameter` of theupper `end of the valve chamber and overlapping the upper edges of the walls of the kvalve casing and the packing sleeve and `having a width equal to the combinedthick-` ness of the saidparts. y The packing ring is `adapted to prevent any liquidintroduced :into the neck of the bottle from leaking between the valve casing and an upper guard 9, and kit also serves to confine the valve retaining bar lO'in recesses l1 in the upper edges of the valve casing. The valve casing and the valve, which may be constructed of any suitablel material, are preferably made of glass, porcelain, orthe like, and the bar, which may also be constructed ofv any lsuitable material, is arranged horizontally when the bottleisl in anupright position, yand its terminal portions'fill the recesses 1l.r The bar limits the outward movement ofthe valve and co-nnes the saine within the valve casing. VVhile't is preferable to secure'the valve retainingbarxwithin the recesses of the valve casing by a cork packing ring,`

other means, of course, may for the purpose. neck of the bottle'is preferably cylindrical, as shown, and the guard 9, which is cylindrical to fit the saine, is provided at opposite sides with downwardly and inwardly inclined projecting portions or flanges 12,

be employed The upper portion of the' disposed inv spaced overlapping relation and forming a tortuous passage, which, while permitting a free flow of the liquid contents of the bottle, will prevent a wire or other instrument introduced into the neck of the bottle from interfering with the operation of the valve. The guard, which fits against the upper face of the packing ring, retains the same in its engaging position, and is located within the neck of the bottle by a split resilient locking ring 13, adapted -to lie within an annular groove 14 in the eX- terior of the cylindrical guard 9 while the latter is being introduced into the neck of the bottle, and capable of automatically eX- panding and engaging an interior annular groove 15 in the neck of the bottle when the groove 14 of the guard is brought into alinenient or register with the said groove 15. The split resilient locking ring is constructed of material of a widthgreater than the depth of the groove 15 of the neck of-the bottle, so that when the locking ring is in engagement with the said groove 15, it .will also engage the groove 1a. By this construction it will be impossible to remove the guard Without breaking the neck of the bottle. The neck of the bottle, which is preferably thickenedl at the groove 15, extends` above the guard 9 to receive an ordinary vcork or stopper 16 for enabling the bottle to be sealed in the usual manner.

What is claimed is:

1. A' non-refillable receptacle provided rwith a neck having the lower portion of its opening or passage tapered downwardly, a correspondingly downwardly tapered valve casing` arranged within the lower portion of the neck of the bottle, a tapered packing sleeve surrounding the valve casing and interposed between the same and the tapered interior of the neck of the casing, a valve operating within the valve casing, a packing ring fitted against and extending across the upper edges of the valve casing and the packing sleeve, and an upper guard secured within the neck of the receptacle and seated upon the packing ring and retaining the same in contact with the valve casing and the-said sleeve. Y

2. A non-refillable receptacle provided with a neck having the lower portion of its opening vor passage tapered downwardly, a downwardly tapered valve casing arranged within the lower portion of the neck and' forming a valve chamber, said valve casing b eing provided 1n its upper edge withopposlte recesses, a valve operatlng Within the valve chamber, a tapered packing sleeve sur' rounding the valve casing and interposed between the same and the neck of the bottle,

al valve retaining bar extending across the valve chamber and having its ends seated in the said recesses, a packing ring arranged upon and extending across the yupper edges of the valve casing and the packing sleeve and confining the valve retaining bar -in the said recesses, and a guard within'the neck of the receptacle and seated upon the said packing ring.

' In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses. l

, f LEONARD ROSE. Witnesses:

FRANK R. HONEY,

R. O. Dromer.

Copies of this patent may be obtained forve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Yatents,

` Washington, D. C. 

